Comment by markus_zhang

4 months ago

Time to quote one of my favourite lines in the Godfather franchise. Probably totally unrelated.

“We gladly put you at the helm of our little fleet, but our ships must all sail in the same direction. Otherwise, who can say how long your stay with us will last. It's not personal, it's only business. You should know, Godfather”

— The late venerable Don Lucchesi

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dcrazy  4 months ago

I couldn’t place this quote, so I googled it and learned it’s from Godfather Part 3. Bold choice to take your favorite quote from that particular movie. :)

  • mmaunder  4 months ago

    Oh lord no. Pacino’s Scream made acting history and is of the finest scenes to come out of the Strasberg acting ecosystem. Critics gonna crit, but there are some remarkably good things about that film.

    • markus_zhang  4 months ago

      Godfather 3 is actually my favorite Godfather movie.

      It detours from the mafia line of story and instead dives into the darker maelstrom of high politics.

      It is from this movie that I learned about Michele Sindona, about Propaganda Due, and in large gained an undying interest in Cold War and geopolitics. Of course I'm just an amateur who only knows English, Mandarin and a bit of French (for Cold War study I'd say all major EU languages are important), and too much source material was buried in history, awaiting for all relevant parties to die so that it has a chance to go into daylight again.